Online Teaching Materials
Downloadable resources for music teachers
Teaching materials are an integral part of a music teacher's practice. Every month Music Teacher publishes downloadable materials for KS3, 4 and 5, offering complete units of work, GCSE and A Level set-work guidance, and practical ideas across all levels for both classroom and peripatetic teachers. All materials are written by experienced teachers and examiners and provide indispensable content for your teaching.
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SubscribeGetting started with Cubase Elements 10: part one
Secondary education KS 3 Archive KS 4
This resource is designed to provide an introduction to Cubase Elements. Cubase software has various levels, and this is the entry-level version. It's an affordable piece of software for most schools,...
Curriculum design
Secondary education KS 3
This resource is an attempt to navigate the ‘white noise’ of curriculum currently dominating the educational narrative, and offer music teachers some insight into curriculum planning, and how to...
Active listening
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This resource translates the wisdom on active listening from its original therapeutic setting to a musical one, asking how processes in the first might be applied to the second. It then surveys...
Activities for the summer holidays
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This resource is a collection of ideas for holiday activities for students at KS3, 4 and 5. Some of these are based on the Listings Resource that can be found in the second half of the article. This...
Working with visiting music teachers
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
The place of peripatetic music staff (or visiting music teachers, as they're now more commonly known) is a notoriously grey area for schools and heads of music. Who is responsible for them? Are they...
Creativity at Key Stage 3
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
With graded instrumental repertoire widely available, and three out of four GCSE exam boards linking standards to an equivalent grade, there can be a bias towards performing at KS3 as the means to...
Maintaining classroom instruments
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
Music departments tend to be full of ‘stuff’ – chances are, the more music there is happening in the school, the more equipment there is. Looking after all of this equipment is likely to fall to...
Activities for the summer term
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Below are some one-off lessons and ideas for those times where you find yourself in a room without instruments, with a bank of computers, or missing half the class, any of which can stop your current...
Approaches to classical music
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
If you’re the kind of music teacher who sees it as part of their mission to open students’ minds and ears to different kinds of music, you may well be thinking about ways in which you can introduce a...
Blues
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Teaching blues at KS3 has become something of an old chestnut. However, there is a lot of value to be had from including it in your KS3 plans.
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